Benchmark Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee recruitment plans to ensure minimum officer numbers or flexible funding.
The Government should benchmark recruitment plans under the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee to ensure that, while flexibility for forces to recruit is maintained, minimum numbers for the recruitment of police officers can be set by the Home Office if required, or more flexibility in funding provided if forces cannot meet their … Read more
Government response AI summary
The government provides £376.8 million, with £270.1 million ringfenced, for forces to maintain officer numbers in 2025-26, and expects an initial increase to the neighbourhood policing workforce. It does not commit to Home Office-set minimum recruitment numbers, maintaining local flexibility.
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